Every year, we enjoy going to the German demoparty at Easter. It’s always a great party, where we meet our friends again. However, we’ve been invited this year to the Scene.org Awards ceremony in Norway, and it was hard to make a choice between them. We eventually decided to follow Truck’s suggestion and go to both (thanks again Truck, you’ve been extremely helpful). We chose to take ten days of holiday, and visit Norway at the same time (Bergen, Oslo, fjords, etc.). Everything was awesome (and very expensive!).

The Gathering is a good party, it is huge, well organized. There are many compos, seminars, separate area for sceners. Alcohol is not allowed, but there is Easter Garden, a small and cosy place for sceners, next to it. Having both parties is a great idea, as they complement each other. The main problem with The Gathering is that the screen and the sound system are not big enough to cover the whole huge place, so many people (gamers) end up ignoring the compo shows.

Fairlight statues in front of our nominee certificate.

I’ve been very happy with the Scene.org Award organisation. The team has done a wonderful job, both for the show and the after party, thank you very much for this!

Revision was a great party, with almost the same mood as Breakpoint. Beer was cheap (especially when you come from Norway), organizers were friendly. Revision has been the occasion for Zavie and Cyborg Jeff to release D – Four (ranked 3/11).

Everyone should go to a demoparty at Easter.